Steve Vai and Nelly Furtado - the surprise of the Grammys (for me)! (1 Viewer)

[Carlo_M]

First of all: I am not a fan of Nelly or "that song" and although I admire Vai as a guitarist (his skill is incredible) I've never really gotten into the stuff he puts on his solo albums.

That said, I was blown away by the rendition of "I'm Like a Bird" that they did on the Grammys. It made watching the Grammys with my SO (she was the one who wanted to watch it) palatable...dare I say almost worth sitting through the whole 3+ hours.

Anyone have an MP3 of the performance? I've been searching and haven't found one yet.

 

[Mike Broadman]

What was the performance like? Did Vai do some soloing or something noteable?

 

[Carlo_M]

No real soloing. But he blues'd out the basic chords of the song, adding (sacrilege here but I'll say it anyway) Hendrix-like flourishes to the base chords. Kind of like the style Jimi used in "Little Wing."

Truly amazing. If I can find a legal MP3 of it I'll like it here.

 

[Patrick_L]

Son of a .....

you mean there was actually something worth watching on the Grammy's this year??? if ya find the song, please post!

 

[MikeH1]

Buddy and Julie Miller lost out to Bob Dylan for Best Contemporary Folk category.
I now realize they never really stood a chance :frowning:

 

[Craig_T]

Anyone know what language Dylan was using during his performance? That should have been subtitled for the gyejfdifdish-impaired.